Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Monday wished BJP’s prime minister-designate Narendra Modi best of luck in leading the NDA government at the centre. “I wish Modi all the best and hope the ensuing NDA government will extend the same cooperation as the UPA government to Karnataka despite being in different political parties,” he told reporters […]

New Delhi : Narendra Modi, who steered BJP and the NDA to a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections, was today appointed Prime Minister, ushering in a new era of a non-Congress government with an absolute majority on its own in 30 years. “I came to call on the President. The President has given […]

New Delhi : Narendra Damodardas Modi born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who is the Prime Minister designate of India, after leading the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a decisive victory in the 2014 Indian general elections. He is a member of the Lok Sabha, having been elected from the constituencies of Varanasi […]

New Delhi : A day after Congress vice-president slammed the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to release all seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the Supreme Court stayed the release of the convicts on Thursday. The apex court was hearing a review petition filed swiftly by the Central government in the morning. Attorney General […]

Mangalore: As part of BJP’s ‘Bharata Gellisi’ programme, on February 18 at Nehru Maidan, Mangalore South unit of the BJP Yuva Morcha organised `Modi Ratha Yatra’ in front of district office of BJP in Mangalore on Wednesday, February 12. MP, Nalin Kumar Kateel, was flagged off `Modi Ratha Yatra’ and  said, everyone are talking about […]

New Delhi. : The 65th Republic Day parade at Rajpath here on Sunday reflected the essence of Indian pride, with defence and paramilitary force personnel marching along their best machinesand cheered on by an exuberant audience. Ahead of the parade, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Defence Minister A.K. Antony and the chiefs of the Army, the […]

New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has said he is ready to take up any responsibility the party chooses to give him.   Simultaneously, he also expressed aversion to personality-based politics and even wanted to know why any discussion involving him “ends in an argument over a particular post.” In an interview with a vernacular […]

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is unlikely to visit Colobo for the Commonwealth Heads of State meeting next week, bowing to pressure from Tamil Nadu politicians – including his own ministers – to boycott the event over Sri Lanka’s alleged war crimes against Lankan Tamils. Sources said a government representative may go to Sri […]

New Delhi: Measures being taken to improve infrastructure along the border with China and Pakistan and the maritime boundary are understood to have been discussed at a high level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today. The meeting of National Security Council was attended by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, Defence Minister A K Antony […]

Mumbai: India needs a “strong” prime minister, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray declared on Sunday, reiterating his party’s support to BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. The need for a “strong person” to lead the country was necessary as the Congress party had become weak, he told the Shiv Sena’s first Dassehra rally after the […]